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Issue: Action Girl Comics #1
Publication Date: October 1994
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Issues: #1 of 19 Issues (22 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagSlave Labor
Brand: Slave Labor GraphicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Slave Labor Graphics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 28
ISBN:
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Price: $2.50 USD
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Content Items: 23 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sarah Dywe
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Limited Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sarah Dyer?
Inker(s): Sarah Dyer?
Colorist(s): Sarah Dyer?
Letterer(s): Sarah Dyer?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Action Girl
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sarah Dyer
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction to the theme of this new anthology comic - to promote all-ages, girl-positive and boy-friendly features by female creators.
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Soundtrack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jessica Abel
Penciller(s): Jessica Abel
Inker(s): Jessica Abel
Letterer(s): Jessica Abel
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Pages: 1
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Action Girl: Cakes & Dresses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sarah Dyer
Penciller(s): Sarah Dyer
Inker(s): Sarah Dyer
Letterer(s): Sarah Dyer
Subject Matter
Character(s): Action Girl
Synopsis: Action Girl paper doll, with three outfits (New Wave Action Girl; Little Action Girl; 1990s Action Girl) and accessories (sheet cake; devil's food cake; key lime pie). Also a 5-panel comic strip titled Kimi & Kitty.
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River Baby Dream Child

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Elizabeth Watasin
Penciller(s): Elizabeth Watasin
Inker(s): Elizabeth Watasin
Letterer(s): Elizabeth Watasin
Subject Matter
Character(s): A-Girl
Synopsis: Young man floats down a river in a canoe, while singing songs and dreaming.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Credits page indicates this story originally appeared in Strangers in Paradise, but does not specify which series or which issue.
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All Girls Together

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carol Seatory
Penciller(s): Carol Seatory
Inker(s): Carol Seatory
Letterer(s): Carol Seatory
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Pages: 1
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"Bilingue"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leanne Franson
Penciller(s): Leanne Franson
Inker(s): Leanne Franson
Letterer(s): Leanne Franson
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Girl wearing a Bi-Pride T-shirt is asked by various people what it means, she tells one it means bilingual and tells another it means bicycle.
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Pages: 1
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Damn Crow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rebecca Dart
Penciller(s): Rebecca Dart
Inker(s): Rebecca Dart
Letterer(s): Rebecca Dart
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Unseen narrator talks about a crow that keeps hanging around, only to later be revealed that the narrator is dead and the crow is pulling scraps of flesh from the narrator's skull.
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"Ding Dong"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Penciller(s): Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Inker(s): Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Letterer(s): Laura Cain [as Fallen Angel]
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A young single woman visits a girl friend who has recently had a baby and sees how drastically her friend's life has changed.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This story is plagiarized from a 1-pager by French comics artist Claire Bretécher. Bretécher's piece appears, translated into English, as 'Susie Homemaker' in National Lampoon Presents Claire Bretecher (National Lampoon, 1978) and as 'A Woman's Work' in Frustration (Methuen, 1982). In Cain's version, the baby is actually thrown into the waste-bin at the end; in the original, the baby is held suspended over the open bin as the mother considers dropping it.
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Action Girl Gears Up For Winter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sarah Dyer
Penciller(s): Sarah Dyer
Inker(s): Sarah Dyer
Letterer(s): Sarah Dyer
Subject Matter
Character(s): Action Girl
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A cut-and-color activity page, featuring an Action Girl apper doll. Outfits include: Action Girl Goes Thrifting; Action Girl is Very Cold; Action Girl Stays Home to Work on a Zine; Action Girl Dresses as Medusa for Halloween; Early-80's Action Girl.
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Reservoir

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Megan Kelso
Penciller(s): Megan Kelso
Inker(s): Megan Kelso
Letterer(s): Megan Kelso
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A girl sneaks over a fence at night to go swimming in a reservoir. While swimming a possum steals her clothes and shoes. After she gets out she gets stuck climbing back over the fence, some geese fly down and help her get off the fence, then fly away.
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Hey, Amy! What Do You Want To Be When You ... Grow Up???

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Amy Frushour
Penciller(s): Amy Frushour
Inker(s): Amy Frushour
Letterer(s): Amy Frushour
Subject Matter
Character(s): Amy
Synopsis: Single panel answers to the title question at ages 3 (apple tree), 6 (first lady astronaut), 9 (a leper), 12 (Mark Tawin), 15 (happy), 18 (left alone), and Now (not going to happen).
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What's Been Going On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ms. Phink
Penciller(s): Ms. Phink
Inker(s): Ms. Phink
Letterer(s): Ms. Phink
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Spot illos of various activities engaged in over the last few days - New Year's Eve party, drinking Coke Classic, palying with a cat, shopping.
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"Isn't It Wonderful To Be Loved!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leanne Franson
Penciller(s): Leanne Franson
Inker(s): Leanne Franson
Letterer(s): Leanne Franson
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A woman is drawing, her cat tries to interrupt to get attention. Eventually the cat curls up on top of the paper, preventing the woman from doing anything except rubbing the cat.
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It's The Story of Fluffy, The Cat Who Was A Rock Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jen Sorensen
Penciller(s): Jen Sorensen
Inker(s): Jen Sorensen
Letterer(s): Jen Sorensen
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fluffy
Synopsis: An overview of the rise and fall of Fluffy. The cat is discovered, becomes an overnight success rock star, then succumbs to a hedonistic lifestyle and loses everything. Fluffy then realeases a comeback album that bombs, and finally finds a career doing TV commercials for cat food.
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A Poem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): She-Ra
Penciller(s): She-Ra
Inker(s): She-Ra
Letterer(s): She-Ra
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A 4-panel illustrated poem about a girl getting her first bra.
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True Grunge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jessica Abel
Penciller(s): Jessica Abel
Inker(s): Jessica Abel
Letterer(s): Jessica Abel
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man and a woman are sitting on a couch reading newspapers. The woman scratches her head and comments that her head itches. The man asks when she last showered, the woman says 7-10 days ago. Both resume reading their newspapers for several more panels without speaking. In the last panel the woman reaches up and scratches her head again.
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A Poem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): She-Ra
Penciller(s): She-Ra
Inker(s): She-Ra
Letterer(s): She-Ra
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A 4-panel illustrated poem about a girl getting her first bra.
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Your Hostesses

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Info about the contributors to this issue, in order of appearance in the issue. Info tells about their other credits, and gives mailing addresses for each contributor, along with mail order prices for their own publications.
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Pages: 1.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Evan Dorkin
Inker(s): Evan Dorkin
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for an Action Girl T-shirt featuring a drawing of Action Girl by Evan Dorkin.
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Further Reading

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Info on other books recommended by the editor, both for self-published mini-comics and for other comics, also has a coupon for a Slave Labor Graphics catalog and a free Action Girl sticker (featuring the image from the T-shirt).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Slave Labor comics, giving toll free phone number that both fans and retailers can call to get catalog, order issues, or get shipping info.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for 1995 Alternative Press Expo convention (A.P.E. II).

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